Qatar and Switzerland will kick off Group B at the 2026 FIFA World Cup on June 13, 2026, at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California. It will be the first World Cup match ever played in the San Francisco Bay Area. The match is scheduled for 12:00 p.m. PT as Match 8 of the expanded 48-team tournament, which will be co-hosted across the US, Canada, and Mexico.
Crypto’s official seat at the table
Kraken has locked in the role of Official Crypto Exchange Supporter for the FIFA World Cup 2026.
Chainlink is powering FIFA’s first-ever official prediction market through a platform called ADI PredictStreet. For a tournament that will stretch across three countries and dozens of venues, having a decentralized data layer underpin predictions is a meaningful proof of concept for oracle networks beyond DeFi.
Fan tokens and the Chiliz effect
